Thursday, August 13, 2009

Almond Biscotti

This twice baked Italian specialty has become very popular here. Unlike other sweet cookies we are used to, biscotti are crisp and crunchy and taste really great when dunking it in coffee or sweet wine. These traditional biscotti do not contain any butter or oil. It uses eggs to bind all the ingredients together. You can add any types of nuts, dry fruits and flavor that you like to it.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.2. Combined flour, salt and baking soda together. In your mixer whisk eggs and sugar until well combined. Add in flavoring.3. Gradually add in the flour into the egg mixture until dough is form. Add in almonds. With floured hands divide dough into half. On a lightly floured surface roll each half of dough into a log.4. Transfer the logs to the prepared baking sheet, spacing the logs about 3 inches apart, and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until firm to the touch and lightly brown.5. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes. Transfer logs to a cutting board and using a serrated knife slice log into 1/2 inch thick. Arrange evenly on baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, turn slices over, and bake another 10 minutes or until lightly brown and crispy. Remove from oven and let cool and store in an airtight container.

This has nothing to do with your Biscotti, which looks delicious by the way. I am going to try two of your chicken recipes this week. Your sweet and spicy grilled drumsticks and a fried chicken recipe. The pictures you take make the food look so great, I can't wait to give these a try. Thank you for posting your recipes, I enjoy reading them and you keep inspiring me to try new things.

Gert,your biscotti really look crispy and neat!! I keep telling myself to try to bake biscotti when I see this cookies popping up everywhere but never have the urge to bake one yet! but now seeing yours make me want to try soon!!

hi everybody..i really love this post and it is nice to see how italian recipes are popular worldwide...anyway..a tip for you from italy.. those biscuits with almonds are originary from tuscany..we usually make them a bit more little than you do in this images, and we dunk them in a really sweet wine callde "vin santo" as a dessert..this is the really best way to eat them..enjoy this tip if you like!!!anna

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